Improvement in lamp-shapes



G. W. TUCKER.

Lamp Shade.

Patented May 4, 1869.

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ILIPROVEIENT IN LAMP-S-HADES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

To all whom it lmar/y concern:

Be it known that I, G. W. TUGKEn,`of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inLamp-Shades; and I do, hereby declare the following, when taken in"connection with the accompanying drawingsand the y by the shade, and atthe same time to ornament or illuminate the shade, to relieve it fromthe dark and `gloomy appearance which unavoidably accompanies a solidmetal shade. y

To this end my invention consists in combining in a shade formed from anopaque material, embossed and perforated to represent'upon the surfaceclearlydened figures, the perforations defining the figures by the lightwhich passes therethrough from the flame.

In order to the clear understanding of my invention, I will fullydescribe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

From sheet-metal or from other suitable opaque i material, I cut intoproper shape, as seen in fig. l, so

that when the two ends are united together they will give to the shadethe required conical'form; this may be in one or more pieces; then, inproper dies, I emboss the surface with any desirable figure, hererepresented asstars; then around such figures I perforate numerousholes, which clearly dene the outlines of the igures. In addition tosuch embossed and perforated figures, words or letters may beperforated, here denoted by the words, Let Aus have peace; and may befurther ornamentedras by a vine at the edge, as seen in the drawings. l,

Thus constructed, it is placed upon and secured to the chimney in anyconvenient or known manner, here represented as by a spiral spring runthrough a series of perforations at the upper edge. OtherA devices maybe employed, it only being necessary that some means of' attachment becombined with theshade.

The light from the flame, while it is reected downward bythe shade,atthe same time illuminates through the perforations, clearly definingthe letters,

figures, or whatever ornamentation there may be, producing a mostbeautiful effect, and relieving an opaque shade from its dim, gloomyappearance.

I am aware that paper shades have been made, in which portions have beenembossed and other portions perforated. I, therefore, do not claim suchas my invention.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming a metallic or opaque shadefor lamps, as such, I know, is not new; but having fully describedmyinvention,

What I do claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is`

l As an article ofmanufacture, a lamp-shade orna-` mented to representupon the surface clearly-definedw figures or forms, bythe combination ofembossing and p perforating, substantially as described. l

. G. W. TUCKER. Witnesses:

SARAH A. BLATT, M. J nimm Arwoon.

